Juan de Vaca (also Juan de Baca) (died 1565) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Panamá (1561–1565).
[1][2] Juan de Vaca was born in Valladolid, Spain[3] and ordained a priest in the Order of Saint Benedict.
[4] He served as Bishop of Panamá during the governorship of Luis de Guzman and successfully organized a counter-revolt against Rodrigo Méndez who seized the city during the governor's absence.
[2] He was also credited by the townsfolk with miraculously halting an expansive fire in 1563 by leading a procession with the Blessed Sacrament directly to the heart of the fire which was then shortly thereafter extinguished.
[4] He was the co-consecrator of Francisco del Toral, Bishop of Yucatán.